miamiair/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user54/1.pngoffline(netAirspace FAA) 01 Aug 11, 05:09
NEWS
French investigators: Air France 447 pilots didn't fully grasp situation The French BEA's latest interim report on its investigation into the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447 indicated that the pilots were inadequately trained and failed to properly identify a stall situation or react promptly to it. Link
Disaster aftermath pushes ANA to ¥8.4 billion June quarter loss Still reeling from the aftereffects of March's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan, All Nippon Airways incurred an ¥8.4 billion ($107.9 million) net loss for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, widened from an ¥5.2 billion net deficit in the prior-year period. Link
Asiana pilots reported fire before crash Investigators are expected to focus on the flammability of cargo carried by an Asiana Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter that crashed Thursday off the coast of South Korea in the East China Sea, killing both pilots. The aircraft was destroyed. Link
First flight of Air India's 787 cut short by failed sensor Air India's first 787 made its maiden flight 31 July, though the sortie was cut short by a declared emergency traced to a failed sensor. Operating as Boeing 233, Airplane 29, wearing Air India's colors, departed Paine Field at Boeing's Everett, Washington facility at 12:46 local time on a standard B-1 production flight for an initial checkout of the aircraft's systems. Link
US NTSB aids in Caribbean overrun investigation Members from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are travelling to Guyana to investigate a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 that overran the runway at Cheddi Jagan International airport on 30 July. Link
Other News
International Airlines Group, parent of British Airways and Iberia, distinguished itself from rivals suffering losses or significantly reduced by posting a net profit of €71 million ($101.8 million) for the 2011 first half, reversed from a pro-forma BA/IB €352 million net deficit in the first six months of 2010.
Brazil's TAM said it will install OnAir Wi-Fi services across its entire long-haul fleet starting in the second half of 2012. The carrier explained that the decision follows “nine highly successful months in which passengers have enjoyed the chance to make phone calls, send and receive text messages and emails, and access the Internet on selected TAM short-haul flights.” The carrier already is in the midst of incorporating onboard connectivity into its domestic operations.
US airlines carried 60.5 million scheduled domestic and international passengers in April, the most recent month for which data is available. Passengers carried for the month rose 1.4% year-over-year but was still 4.3% below pre-recession April 2008 figures, the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics noted.
Welcome Air Group, an Austria-based regional carrier, ended scheduled flights from Innsbruck to Graz and Hanover. The carrier ceased scheduled flights to Gothenburg and Stavanger earlier this year.
Belle Air Europe launched twice-weekly ATR 72-500 service from Skopje to Ancona and Venice.
Monarch Airlines will launch daily London Gatwick-Barcelona service Oct. 21, increasing to 11-times-weekly Oct. 30.
AVIATION QUOTE
"Are you ever afraid when you fly?"
"That's a good question. Yeah. I'm always a little afraid when I fly. That's what makes me so damn good. I've seen pilots who weren't afraid of anything, who would forget about checking their instruments, who flew by instinct as though they were immortal. I've pissed on the graves of those poor bastards too. The pilot who isn't a little bit afraid always screws up and when you screw up bad in a jet, you get a corporal playing taps at the expense of the government."
— Lieutenant Colonel Bull Meecham, USMC, in Pat Conroy's book, 'The Great Santini.' I've also got Pat's eulogy to his dad, Colonel Don Conroy, online for all those that have read the book and want to know more.
ON THIS DATE
August 1st
---In 1907... The Aeronautical Division of the US Army Signal Corps is created. Their goal is, “to study the flying machine and the possibility of adapting it to military purposes.”
---In 1916... The first issue of America’s most influential and long-running aircraft magazine appears at a price of 5 cents. Called Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering, it is ancestor of Aviation Week & Space Technology and is published twice a month.
---In 1929... Dr. Hugo Eckener commands the first airship flight to circumnavigate the globe when the flight leaves Friedrichshafen, Germany. Graf Zeppelin arrives back at Friedrichshafen on September 4, having logged 21,000 mi. in 12 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes flying time.
---In 1941…The United States embargoes the sale of aviation fuel to Japan.
---In 1941…First flight of the Grumman TBF Avenger.
---In 1946... British European Airways (BEA) is established under the Civil Aviation Act of 1946, which makes the entire British air transport industry nationalized.
---In 1946…Scandinavian Air System (SAS) is founded.
---In 1951…Japan Airlines founded.
---In 1956…First flight of the Aeritalia G.91.
---In 1966…First flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30.
---In 1972…Delta Air Lines absorbs Northeast Airlines.
---In 1977… Francis Gary Powers dies in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles. (Q)
---In 1983…America West Airlines commences operations.
---In 1997…Boeing and McDonnell Douglas complete merger forming The Boeing Company.
DAILY VIDEO
EDITOR’S CHOICE
HUMOR
Midwest ATC
"Expect lower at the end of this transmission."
"Citation 123, if you quit calling me center, I'll quit calling you twin Cessna."
"About three miles ahead you've got traffic 12 o'clock, five miles."
"If you hear me, traffic no longer a factor."
"You got him on TCAS? Great. When you're seven in trail, resume normal speed and call Chicago Center on 120.12."
"I am way too busy for anybody to cancel on me."
"You got any more smart remarks, we can be doing this over South Bend ... go ahead."
"You're gonna have to key the mike. I can't see you when you nod your head."
"It's too late for Louisville. We're going back to O'Hare."
"Put your compass on 'E' and get out of my airspace."
"Don't anybody maintain anything."
"Caution wake turbulence you're following a heavy 12 o'clock, three ... no, let's make it five miles."
"Climb like you're life depends on it ... because it does."
"If you want more room Captain, push your seat back."
"For radar identification throw your jumpseat rider out the window."
"Air Force one, I told you to expedite."
"Listen up gentlemen, or something's gonna happen that none of us wants to see. Besides that, you're (tickin') me off!"
"Leave five on the glide, have a nice ride, tower inside, twenty-six nine ... see ya!"
"Japan Air Ten Heavy, how 'bout a radio check?" (Response -"Rogah, switching!")
"Approach, how far from the airport are we in minutes?" "N923, the faster you go, the quicker you'll get here."
"American Two-Twenty, Eneey, meeny, miney, moe, how do you hear my radio?"
"Air Wisconsin Three-Thirty-Five, caution wake turbulence, there is an Air Wisconsin Three-Forty-Five on the frequency."
"I don't mind altitude separation as long as they're not on top of each other."
"We were told Rwy 9...we'll take out the 14R approach plate." "Captain you got sixty miles to take it out...have a ball."
"The traffic at nine o'clock's gonna do a little Linda Ronstadt on you." "Linda Ronstadt? What's that?" "Well, sir, they're gonna 'Blue Bayou'."
"I can see the country club down below...look's like a lot of controllers out there!" "Yes, sir, there are...and they're caddying for DC-10 drivers like you."
"N07K you look like you're established on the localizer and I don't know the names of any of the fixes, you're cleared for the ILS approach. Call the tower."
"MidEx 726, sorry about that, Center thought you were a Midway arrival. Just sit back, relax and pass out some more cookies...we'll get you to Milwaukee."
"Approach, what's our sequence?" "Calling for the sequence I missed your callsign, but if I find out what it is, you're last."
"Sure you can have eight miles behind the heavy...there'll be a United tri-jet between you and him."
"Approach, SWA436, you want us to turn right to 090?" "No, I want your brother to turn. Just do it and don't argue."
"Approach UAL525 what's this aircraft doing at my altitude?" "UAL525, what makes you think it's YOUR altitude, Captain?"
"Delta 1176, say speed." "Delta 176, we slowed it down to two-twenty." "Delta 1176 pick it back up to two-fifty...this ain't Atlanta, and them ain't grits on the ground."
"Request Runway 27 Right." "Unable." "Approach, do you know the wind at six thousand is 270 at fifty?" "Yeah, I do, and if we could jack the airport up to fifty-five hundred you could have that runway. Expect 14 Right."
"Air Force Four-Five, it appears your engine has...oh, disregard...I see you've already ejected."
"The first officer says he's got you in sight." "Roger, the first officer's cleared for a visual approach runway 27 Right... you continue on that 180 heading and descend to three thousand."
"Hey, O'Hare, you see the 7600 code flashing five northwest of Gary?" "Yeah, I do...you guys talkin' to him?" (7600 code indicates radio out)
"Approach, what's the tower?" "That's a big tall building with glass all around it, but that's not important right now."
"How far behind traffic are we?" "Three miles." "That doesn't look like three miles to us!" "You're a mile and a half from him, he's a mile and a half from you...that's three miles
TRIVIA
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And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen
PA110/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user69/3.pngoffline(Founding Member) 01 Aug 11, 05:50
Trivia 1. LCY 5. LGW
Look, it's been swell, but the swelling's gone down.
ANCFlyer/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user57/1.pngoffline(netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 01 Aug 11, 07:01
1. LCY 2. PIT - damn I liked that airport when US hubbed there. 3. SMF 4. NBC - no blasted clue 5. LGW 6. Ditto #4 7. IND - reallllllllllly old shot. 8. Ditto #6 9. Ditto #8 10. CLE - home of the Douchebag Gate Agent
